NASA mission managers cleared Expedition 75 flight engineers Anil Menon of NASA and Joshua Kutryk of the Canadian Space Agency for a Thursday spacewalk to install a new roll-out solar array on the International Space Station's port-side truss structure, the agency said in an October 28, 2026, station blog post. The outing was scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. EDT, when the pair set their spacesuits to battery power, for about six hours and 45 minutes of external maintenance.

During the spacewalk, the two were to first unbolt the roll-out solar array from a temporary stowage platform. Menon was then to carry the array to the truss worksite while riding the Canadarm2 robotic arm, with Kutryk translating to the same port truss site while tethered to the station. Mission controllers were to remotely activate the array afterward to begin generating power.

In preparation, Menon and Kutryk reviewed procedures, checked suit life support and communications gear, and held a final conference with ground specialists alongside NASA flight engineers Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, who were to monitor the spacewalk and operate Canadarm2. Roscosmos cosmonauts kept a light duty day of science work, including overnight Earth photography and a treadmill fitness test in microgravity.